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Legal Ethics
Legal Ethics Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on legal malpractice cases and attorney misconduct. Coverage includes criminal allegations, disciplinary actions, and recusals involving attorneys and judges, as well as legal rules and standards.
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Latest News in Legal Ethics
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September 18, 2018
Chevron Wants Donziger Jailed In Fight Over $9.5B Fine
Chevron Corp. told a New York federal court that attorney Steven Donziger, who helped procure a fraudulent $9.5 billion judgment in Ecuador over pollution in the Amazon, should be jailed if he continues refusing to transfer his interest in the proceeds of that judgment to Chevron.
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September 18, 2018
Firm Must Face Defamation Suit Over Conference Remarks
In a precedential opinion Tuesday, the Ninth Circuit clarified its guidelines for determining jurisdiction and ruled that an aircraft company could bring suit against a Washington state law firm in Nevada over allegedly false statements one of its attorneys made at a conference in Las Vegas.
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September 18, 2018
Firm Ducks Claims It Wanted Cut Of Suit It Didn't Work On
A New York federal judge has thrown out a suit against patent law firm Niro Law Group LLC by a former client that accused the firm of attempting to collect a portion of a settlement in a suit Niro did not work on, ruling that the suit was filed in the wrong state.
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September 18, 2018
US Loses Bid To DQ Orrick In Fitbit Trade Secrets Case
A California federal judge on Tuesday denied a request from the government to disqualify Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP from representing an ex-Fitbit Inc. employee accused of stealing trade secrets from a prior employer, since her co-defendants — whom the firm previously represented — said they didn't mind her keeping the firm as counsel.
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September 18, 2018
Space Tourism Suit Doesn't Belong Here, Texas Court Affirms
A Texas appellate court on Tuesday upheld dismissal of a $49 million fraud lawsuit against a Houston attorney by a Japanese billionaire who alleged that the attorney duped him into investing in a space tourism project, holding that an agreement between them mandates that disputes be litigated in the Isle of Man.
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